Men's Swimming Finishes Second, Women Finish Third at BIG EAST Championships

Saturday, February 26

East Meadow, N.Y.

10 AM / 6 PM

Xavier University

BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Championships

Big East Swimming and Diving Championship FEB 24

Men's Swimming Finishes Second, Women Finish Third at BIG EAST Championships

02.26.22 | Swimming

Complete Results Final Results

Musketeer men win six event championships at 2022 meet

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – Xavier men's and women's swimming wrapped up the final day of the 2022 BIG EAST Championship on Saturday, with the Xavier men finishing second, while Xavier's women finished third.

On the women's s side, Kali Fischer started the day with a new school record in the 200 back, finishing fourth in the championship finals. Xavier used a strong showing in the 200 breast to move up to third, then closed out the meet with a silver medal in the 400 free relay for Clara Keiser, Alexis Worrall, Clare Bosse and Kali Fischer to secure third by 12 points over fourth-place Georgetown.

On the men's side, Andrew Martin led off the finals with a school-record and NCAA B-Cut time in the mile, finishing third with a time of 15:19.15. Nick Mahoney's fourth place finish in the 200 back led four Musketeers competing in finals heats but Georgetown took a narrow 591-590.5 lead after the event. Christian Thomas' second place finish led three Musketeers in Championship final of the 100 free, but the Hoyas extended the lead out to 9.5 points with a win in the event.Nathan Wall and Jon Bernard posting all-conference performances in the 200 breast, finishing second and third, and Will Serad coming in fourth and Cameron Weese eighth to bring the Musketeers within 0.5 of the Hoyas.

Xavier retook the lead following the 200 fly, with Jack Parker posting an All-BIG EAST performance after breaking the school record earlier in the day, finishing third. Caleb Petranchuk and Brett Wilson finished in the top six and Joey Mullen scored in the B-Final to put the Musketeers up 744.5-712 over the second place Hoyas with just men's three meter diving and the 400 free relay remaining, but with three divers in the final diving event, the Hoyas retook the lead on the Musketeers.

Andrew Martin, Ethan Wing, Ethan Saunders Christian Thomas won the 400 free relay, it wasn't enough to overcome Georgetown's lead, with the Musketeers finishing second by 9.5 points.

WOMEN'S NOTABLE

Emma Swabb led Xavier with a seventh place finish in the mile, finishing in 17:06.12. Tilly Baldwin collected a top-10 finish and Erin Ritz scored in 14th place.
Kali Fischer set a school-record time of 1:57.72 in the prelims of the 200 back, finishing fourth in the Championships final.
Emma Swabb placed eighth in the Championship Final of the 200 back, Hannah Pugh took the top spot in the B-Final and Brooke Atkins finished in 12th place. Reese Turner also scored in the Bonus Final.
Clara Keiser finished fifth and Clare Bosse finished sixth to lead the Musketeers in the Championship final of the 100 free.
Alexis Worrall and Molly Dynda scored in the B-Final and Erin Merke took the top spot in the C-Final of the 100 free.
Kate Lair took part in the Championship final of the 200 breast, placing eighth with a time fo 2:21.56.
Kelly Harris and Julianne Libler scored in the B-Final of the 200 breast, and Emily Guerrera and Maddie Agans took part in the C-Final as exhibition swimmers, with Guerrera touching the wall first in that heat.
Sophia Romero's time of 2:05.07 led the Musketeers in the finals of the 200 fly, placing seventh.
Emma Jury took the top spot in the B-Final of the 200 fly. Anna Baker and Anna Voelkerding took part in the Bonus Final as an exhibition.
Xavier's women closed out the meet with a second place finish in the 400 free relay for Clara Keiser, Alexis Worrall, Clare Bosse and Kali Fischer with a time of 3:22.58.
The Musketeers finished in third place with 1116 points, topping fourth-place Georgetown by 12 points.

WOMEN'S FINALS TIMES

1,650 Free	Emma Swabb	17:06.12	7th
200 Back	Kali Fischer	1:59.21	4th
100 Free	Clara Keiser	51.07	5th
200 Breast	Kate Lair	2:21.56	8th
200 Fly	Sophia Romero	2:05.07	7th
400 Free Relay	Keiser, Worrall, Bosse, Fischer	3:22.58	2nd

SCORES

1. Villanova University 1498
2. University of Connecticut 1422.5
3. Xavier University 1116
4. Georgetown University 1104
5. Seton Hall University 894
6. Butler University 459.5
7. Providence College 437

MEN'S NOTABLE

Andrew Martin finished third with a school-record and NCAA B-Cut time in the mile with a time of 15:19.15.
Adam Lamping scored in fifth place and Brett Wilson finished in eighth in the 1,650 free after going 1-2 in the first heat.
Nick Mahoney led the Musketeers in the finals of the 200 back, placing fourth with a time of 1:47.85.
Michael Bennington placed sixth in the Championship final. Ben Quon and Davis Klein scored for the Musketeers in the B-Final.
Christian Thomas led the Musketeers with a second-place finish in the 100 free, with Ethan Saunders and Gage Hannewyk also taking part in the Championship final.
Ethan Wing scored in the B-Final of the 100 free.
Nathan Wall finished in second place with a 2:00.37 in the 200 breast. Jon Bernard posted an All-Conference performance as well, finishing third and Will Serad placed fourth. Cameron Weese also took part in the championship final, finishing eighth.
Jack Parker set a new school-record time of 1:48.55 in the 200 fly during the prelims, and finished second in the Championship Final. Caleb Petranchuk and Brett Wilson also scored in the top six. Joey Mullen took part in the B-Final.
Xavier closed out the meet with the sixth event title of the meet, taking the 400 free relay championship with a time of 2:58.01 for Andrew Martin, Ethan Wing, Ethan Saunders and Christian Thomas.
Xavier finished in second place with 784.5 points, trailing Georgetown by 9.5 points.

MEN'S FINALS TIMES

1,650 Free	Andrew Martin	15:19.15	3rd
200 Back	Nick Mahoney	1:47.85	4th
100 Free	Christian Thomas	44.80	2nd
200 Breast	Nathan Wall	2:00.37	2nd
200 Fly	Jack Parker	1:48.55	3rd
400 Free Relay	Martin, Wing, Saunders, Thomas	2:58.01	1st